Violent protests have engulfed Bengaluru, with pro-Kannadiga activists increasingly resentful to Tamil Nadu over the Cauvery water dispute. (Photo: PTI)

Activists of the Kannada Rakshana Vedike (KRV) today barged into a star hotel in Mysuru and disrupted the shooting of a Tamil movie leading to tense moments.

A Tamil film unit was shooting for a movie, which is a remake of the hit Kannada movie, Shivalinga, at the Lalith Mahal Palace hotel in Mysuru. On Monday, the film unit did not shoot for the movie. However, on Tuesday, the unit resumed shooting and activists of the KRV barged into the sets.

The film unit was caught unaware but the police present on the spot managed to control the activists. The police had to lathi-charge the protesters and disperse them. Well-known actors Bhanupriya and Tamil film-maker Raghava Lawrence are part of the Tamil movie, but it is not known whether they were present at the shooting location when the protesters barged into the hotel.

The police have now beefed up security in and around the hotel. The film unit has decided to suspend shooting in Mysuru till normalcy was restored.